"as moisture evaporates. When covers were introduced into England's County Championship, John Woodcock wrote an article for the 1981 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, criticising the move, in an article titled, ""Sticky dog is put down"". He added, ""I cannot forbear ... from lamenting ... a part of the very heritage of English cricket – a drying pitch and a sizzling sun."" In the game of croquet, the phrase ""sticky wicket"" may refer to a hoop (wicket) that is difficult for a ball to go through because of the narrowness of the opening. This usage is confined to the United States. An"
"Bovine sports Bovine sports are sports that involve cattle, commonly a bull, ox, steer, cow or calf. American rodeo is a sporting event that consists of different events that involve cattle and horses, designed to test the skill and speed of the cowboy or cowgirl such as bull riding and team roping. In Southeast Asia, water buffalo racing or fighting is a feature during various festivals in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Assam. The ""idi probak"" (Basque for ""oxen tests"") is the most popular form of the Basque dragging games. It involves oxen, usually a pair, dragging a rock from"
"a cow tries to get back the herd, the more skill, athleticism and cow sense are required of the horse. The best equine athletes stop hard and turn sharply, almost synchronously as the cow turns; all in an effort to keep the cow from returning to the herd. A common analogy is a basketball point guard holding off a defender. American Quarter Horses and other horse breeds with Quarter Horse ancestry, such as American Paint Horses are the most popular choices for the sport, although other breeds with stock horse type are also used, particularly in breed-specific competition. The sport"
"categories that include Canine Athleticism, Degree of Difficulty, Showmanship, and so forth. Incredible flips, hyperfast multiple catches, and spectacular vaults make freestyle a popular event with spectators, and it is regarded as the highest level of competitive accomplishment. The QUADRUPED was an NFL draft day competition held in April 1996 for the Jacksonville Jaguars. This competition format is older than all other disc dog competition formats other than the Ashley Whippet and the FDDO formats. Originally a halftime show for football games with four frisbee dog teams competing to be the last team standing. It turned into an open competition"
"Treibball Treibball is a positive-reinforcement, competitive dog sport which originated in Germany and entered sanctioned competition in 2008. The dog must gather and drive large exercise balls into a soccer goal. Eight balls of approximately 45–75 cm are set in a triangle formation, similar to billiards, with the point ball farthest from the goal. The object of the game is to get all eight balls into a confined space the size of a soccer goal within a set time period, usually about 15 minutes. The handler may not move outside of an area that contains the left half of and"
"a sports complex at the site known as Crabble Meadows on the outskirts of Dover. The word ""Crabble"", which is also found in the name of a local corn mill, derives from the Old English ""crabba hol"", meaning a hole in which crabs are found. The project was an extremely costly one but was completed in 1897, and football was first played on the Crabble site in the same year. The ground was originally laid out on an plateau ""carved out of the side of the hill"" and was originally laid out to cater for cricket and football, with an"
"to be playing American football. From 1976 to 1999, the BBC broadcast ""One Man and His Dog"", a television series about sheepdog trials. They also commissioned three series of ""Pets Win Prizes"", a game show with contestants' pets having to perform in various tasks. ""Man vs. Beast"" is an American television show that pitches humans against animals in a variety of unusual challenges, including competitive eating between world champion Takeru Kobayashi and a brown bear. Animals in sport Animals in sport are a specific form of working animals. Many animals, at least in more commercial sports, are highly trained. Two"
"from herding for dogs who do not have access to regular sheep. Originating in Germany in about 2003, formal competitions were first held in 2008. Treibball is thought to have started as a substitute sport for herding dogs who did not have access to sheep, but who require mental as well as physical stimulation. Treibball Treibball is a positive-reinforcement, competitive dog sport which originated in Germany and entered sanctioned competition in 2008. The dog must gather and drive large exercise balls into a soccer goal. Eight balls of approximately 45–75 cm are set in a triangle formation, similar to billiards,"
"horses ride laps around an arena trying to stop a calf, pinning him against massive cushions. Tōgyū is a spectator sport native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, especially in the Okinawa Prefecture. In Tōgyū, two bulls fight each other. Indian rodeo is a rodeo subculture of Native American/First Nations rodeo performers Swiss cow fighting involves contestes between cows. In Jallikattu, one or more bulls are let loose in an open space. Bare handed participants then try to wrestle the bull by its horns. Bovine sports Bovine sports are sports that involve cattle, commonly a bull, ox, steer, cow or"
"known as a ""colby"", was normally of yew, box or crabapple. The sport was often played between local villages, with fierce rivalries in the west of Glamorgan between Baglan, Aberavon and Margam and in mid Glamorgan between Pyle, Kenfig and Llangynwyd. Edward Matthews of Ewenni records that no-one above the age of twelve-month would be seen without a bando stick. Although many pre-industrial games are recorded to be lawless affairs with haphazard rules, the contrary appears true with bando. Once a challenge of a game was made between villages, wagers were normally set which demanded an agreed set of rules,"
"where many more than four teams were able to compete. Today we have The QUADRUPED Series, a group of competitions that are a points championship in the United States. The popularity has been so great within the frisbee dog world that it has spread to Europe where it has occurred in several countries. Today there are several organizations running disc dog tournaments. Most competitions take place in the summer on flat, grassy fields. Winter disc dog contests on soft snow are also popular in places. The Canine Frisbee Disc World Championship (also called the World Finals Championship) was long considered"
"cross-channel ferry operators Hoverspeed and SeaFrance, local car dealership Perry's and are now sponsored by produce suppliers Gomez, the company owned by Dover Athletic chairman Jim Parmenter. Dover Athletic's home ground since the club's foundation has been the Crabble Athletic Ground, which was also the home of the former Dover club. The word ""Crabble"", which is also found in the name of a local corn mill, may derive from the Old English ""crabba hol"", meaning a hole in which crabs are found. The stadium, commonly known simply as ""Crabble"" or, imprecisely, as ""The Crabble"", forms part of a larger council-owned"
"track wounded game on both land and water."" As an example, German Shorthair Pointers are often used to retrieve birds, i.e.: duck hunting, whereas calling upon a Pointer to do the same would be less common. Unlike the pure pointing and setting breeds, many versatile dogs were bred for working in dense cover, and traditionally have docked tails. The Westminster Kennel Club was organized in the early 1870s, and the club's early English import, ""Sensation"", is still used as the club logo. Pointing dogs come in all varieties of coats, from short-haired dogs, to wire-haired dogs, to silky-coated Setters. Most"
"a Peekapoo. Another trendy cross is the Goldendoodle, a cross between a standard poodle and a golden retriever. Until the early 1980s, mixed-breed dogs were usually excluded from obedience and other dog sport competitions. However, starting with the American Mixed Breed Obedience Registry (AMBOR) and the Mixed Breed Dog Clubs of America (MBDCA), which created obedience venues in which mixed-breed dogs could compete, more opportunities have opened up for all dogs in all dog sports. Most dog agility and flyball organizations have always allowed mixed-breed dogs to compete. Today, mixed-breeds have proved their worth in many performance sports. In conformation"
"Hungary, Canada, Australia and Turkey holds a championship series known as the USDDN Finals and US Disc Dog International Finals. Other competitions are sponsored by the Quadruped, the Flying Disc Dog Open, and the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge. The United Kingdom has the recently formed UK Disc Dog Association (UKDDA), which will be holding seasonal competitions from March 2018 at The Dog Training Barn, Banbury, Oxfordshire, for the first time ever. Part of the popularity of the sport is its accessibility. All that is necessary to enjoy it is a level playing area, a dog, and a flying disc. Also,"
"Dirt Dog Dirt dog is an athletic nickname given to certain baseball players who are considered ""scrappy"" or blue-collar, hard working and tenacious and generally rough around the edges. This term's origin is unknown, but it may have originated in the Boston Red Sox organization, as it was widely popularized there. In Boston, it was used to describe former Right Fielder Trot Nixon. Nixon gained great popularity with Red Sox fans for this particular style of play. He is considered by Red Sox fans as emblematic of the term for his gritty play, as well as his often dirty uniform,"
"but feel that his situation sucks. EPISODE 107 Pugilistic Poultry If the only animal competition you’ve ever been to is a dog show, brace yourself! Rebecca Andrews takes us on a tour of one of her favorite hobbies — cockfighting. She raises roosters who are bred to peck each other to death in a sort of bird boxing competition. The only catch? The sport is illegal on her home turf of Clay County, Kentucky. She and her group of friends feel this is wrong, since cockfighting is the only thing to do around there. What do you think? Animal rights"
"Champion (NACC) title; and the American Sighthound Field Association, which offers the Field Champion (F.Ch.) title. The American Kennel Club also offeres a F.Ch. title in coursing. The prefix WTCH (Working Trial Champion) is used for the championship offered by the Australian Shepherd Club of America. The Frisbee Dog World Championship offered the first championships for the sport of Disc Dog. For the VCC, Versatile Companion Champion (AKC prefix), the dog completes OTCH, MACH and CT championships. Dogs also earn other titles that are usually added as suffixes to the dog's registered name, leading to the saying the ""A well"
"the style of a drag race by Jackie Fuelit. Unlike the real Olympics, continents are represented rather than countries. The continents featured are North America, South America, Eurasia, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Eurasia represents the USSR, whereas Europe represents Western and Central Europe. The only mention of areas other than continents are the New York City Rats soccer team, Dean Wilson being from California, a Central American marathon runner named Pepé Repanosa, an Acapulco cliff diver named ""Primo Cabeza"", marathon runner Terry Hornsby being from Boulder, Colorado, René Fromage being from France, and Kurt Wüfner appearing at the downhill"
"Brandywell.<br> The original track around the stadium existed from 1932 until 2016. In 2018 a new stand alone track was opened. """"Tobar an Fhíoruisce"""" translates literally into English as ""the well of pure water"". Brandywell Stadium The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium () is a municipal dual-use football and greyhound racing stadium located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of League of Ireland team Derry City F.C. and (temporarily) NIFL Premiership team Institute The football team play on Friday evenings usually at 7.45pm; the greyhound racing takes place on Monday evenings and occasionally on Thursday evenings. Until September"
"been played in England at the Military Tournament. ""Pushball on horseback"" variations continued in Europe, and recently resurfaced as a growing equine activity in the United States, with variations including ""horse soccer"", ""equine soccer"", and ""hoofball"". The various games provide great fun for both horse and rider, while serving as a valuable training tool that can be enjoyed by one or more horsemanship team players. The most important safety factor (aside from basic horsemanship foundation and equine communication skills) requires that the ball be at least as tall as the mount's breastbone. Some play with a durable cageball – a"
"game, sport, pastime or entertainment) appearing in 1646. after the term ""cock of the game"" used by George Wilson, in the earliest known book on the secular sport of cockfighting in ""The Commendation of Cocks and Cock Fighting"" in 1607. Gamecocks are not typical farm chickens. The cocks are specially bred and trained for increased stamina and strength. The comb and wattle are removed from a young gamecock because, if left intact, they would be a disadvantage during a match. This process is called dubbing. Sometimes the cocks are given drugs to increase their stamina or thicken their blood, which"
"Disc dog Disc dog (commonly called Frisbee dog) is a dog sport. In disc dog competitions, dogs and their human flying disc throwers compete in events such as distance catching and somewhat choreographed freestyle catching. The sport celebrates the bond between handler and dog, by allowing them to work together. The term ""disc"" is preferred because ""Frisbee"" is a trademark (held by Wham-O) for a brand of flying disc. The sport got its start in the early 1970s, paralleling the rise in popularity of Frisbee sport. The definitive moment came on August 5, 1974 when Alex Stein, a 19-year-old college"
"game, originally for hunters using falcons. The traditional red and white colour of the Welsh Springer was once also found in English dogs, but by the early 20th century any such dogs were considered to have ""died out long ago"". The Welsh Springer Spaniel was also at one time called the Welsh Spaniel, and also at one point was included in the Kennel Club (UK) studbook as Cocker Spaniels, and was known as the Welsh Cocker. During the 19th century were several different varieties of Cocker Spaniel, including the English, the Welsh and the Devonshire as the term was used"
"Kildare, Ireland, which is generally the subject of the song of the same name. The early ballad about the event has Skewball belonging to an Arthur Marvell or Mervin. Based on the horse's name, Skewball was likely a skewbald horse. There are two major different versions of the sporting ballad, generally titled either ""Skewball"" or ""Stewball""; the latter is more popular in America. There are multiple variations within the two major divisions. Versions date at least as far back as the 18th century, appearing on numerous broadsides. In both songs the title horse is the underdog in the race, up"
"in Stockholm, Sweden, and was won by Chambly Horse-Ball (from France), the Portuguese team Sporting Clube de Portugal CEJC got Silver and Caramel from Belgium got Bronze. There have been 7 editions of this competition and In 2010 was held in Portugal the first Four Nations Cup won by the National French team, Portugal got silver and Spain got bronze. Horseball Horseball is a game played on horseback where a ball is handled and points are scored by shooting it through a hoop with a diameter of 1m. The sport is like a combination of polo, rugby, and basketball. It"
"with warmbloods and draft horses to create sport horses, and such crosses were also the historic foundation of most warmblood breeds. One example is the Irish Sport Horse, a cross between the Thoroughbred and Irish Draught breeds. Additional breeds, such as the assorted Baroque horse breeds, American Quarter Horses, Arabian horses, Morgans, several pony breeds, and even some gaited breeds such as the American Saddlebred are sometimes used as sport horses. Representatives of many different breeds have been successful at the highest levels, although in international competition, horses with warmblood or Thoroughbred ancestry are in the majority. Sport horse A"
"breeder experience had shown that some solid Appaloosas could throw a spotted foal in a subsequent generation, at least when bred to a spotted Appaloosa. In addition, many horses with a solid coat exhibited secondary characteristics such as skin mottling, the white sclera, and striped hooves. The controversy stirred by the ApHC's decision was intense. In 1983 a number of Appaloosa breeders opposed to the registration of solid-colored horses formed the American Appaloosa Association, a breakaway organization. Appaloosas are used extensively for both Western and English riding. Western competitions include cutting, reining, roping and O-Mok-See sports such as barrel racing"
"United States under the name Zimm Zamm. Totem tennis Totem tennis, tether tennis, or swingball is a game usually played informally. It has a pole, called the totem, with a tennis or sponge ball on a string attached to it. The pole is either driven into soft ground or anchored with a heavy base. Players use racquets to hit the ball around the pole. Tether tennis has been known since early 1900s. The British company Mookie Toys claims that in 1993 it acquired the global rights for the Swingball brand, the product sold since 1974. In Mookie Toys Swingball, there"
"of ideas, plans, etc."" (see OED definition 6b), from which the sports definition almost surely derived. ""Upset"" also once referred to ""a curved part of a bridle-bit, fitting over the tongue of the horse"", (now the port of a curb bit) and though the modern sports meaning of ""upset"" was first used far more for horse races than for any other competition, there is no evidence of a connection. The name of the horse ""Upset"" came from the ""trouble"" or ""distress"" meaning of word (as shown by the parallelism of the name of Upset's stablemate, Regret). Upset (competition) An upset"
"cattle, sheep and other livestock, while others are kept as pets, show dogs or for dog sports, in which they display great agility, stamina and trainability. While the AKC has a breed they call ""Collie"", in fact collie dogs are a distinctive type of herding dog including many related landraces and formal breeds. There are usually major distinctions between show dogs and those bred for herding trials or dog sports. They typically display great agility, stamina and trainability and more importantly sagacity. Common use of the name ""collie"" in some areas is limited largely to certain breeds – such as"
"desired characteristics thereby improving the various breeds of pointing dogs both for competition and for upland bird hunters to enjoy. On October 8, 1874 near Memphis TN, a solid black setter named “Knight” won the first ever field trial held in the United States. In 1900 the American Field published the first Field Dog Stud Book (FDSB), establishing the oldest purebred dog registry for sporting dogs. Dogs are entered in field trial stakes for puppies, derbies, and adult dogs in Walking and Horseback Shooting Dog and All-Age categories. Dogs are drawn to run in braces but compete against all dogs"
"local derby contested between Batley Bulldogs and Dewsbury Rams. Both the towns of Batley and Dewsbury are in the Heavy Woollen district of Yorkshire, an area named after the heavy woollen cloth that was manufactured there in the 1800s. The Hull Derby is contested by Hull F.C. from the west side and Hull Kingston Rovers from the east side of the city of Kingston upon Hull. The two teams are separated by the River Hull. In the late 1990s a merger was proposed between the two clubs to form a team known as Humberside or simply Hull but this was"